COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

 

Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1993

 

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY IN AUSTRALIA OF A FINAL COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION: CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF AN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION IN VICTORIA LAND

I, Gillian Louise Slocum, Delegate of the Minister for the Environment in accordance with Regulation 14 of the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1993, give notice that I have received from a foreign party to the Madrid Protocol a final comprehensive environmental evaluation and notice of a decision relating to the evaluation for the following activity:

‘Construction and operation of the new Chinese Research Station in Victoria Land’ prepared under the jurisdiction of the People’s Republic of China.

A copy of the documents received from the foreign party may be obtained from:

Territories, Environment and Treaties Section

Policy and International Branch

Australian Antarctic Division

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

GPO Box 858

Canberra City ACT 2601

An electronic copy of the evaluation is available at: http://chinare.mnr.gov.cn/enCatalog/enFacility

Gillian Louise Slocum

Delegate of the Minister for the Environment

 

17 November 2021